A few Questions for a Powerstroke Wannabe!

[bdrummonds]

O.K. guys and gals I am with Jim on this one. 215k, K&N filter in the stock airbox, BullyDog 90hp program, stock tranny, pulls a 12K fiver, 5k boat, or a 10k horse trailer and has done this for most of its life. I bought the truck with just 9000 miles on the clock 6 years ago and she has not sat still for more than a couple of days since then.

[AutoJim]

Keep in mind that my truck is stock. No chip. No programmer. No power adders. No oversized wheels & tires. It's stock.

Increase your power output beyond stock, and all bets are off. You've just changed the input into the equation. In a transmission, increasing the power input could very well push clutches, etc. over their limits in certain situations, and durability will suffer accordingly. Add in the extra load from the big wheels and tires -- which have more inertia and also change the final gearing and thus increase (in this case) the load factor on the transmission -- and the situation is even worse in that respect.

Gooch, low-speed airflow is always an issue. It's one reason I've suggested the use of a pusher electric fan for folks who do a lot of what you describe: loaded, low-speed running on hills or in sand, etc.

Has anyone ever figured out that the change in the trans cooling situation from Ford very nearly coincided with the engine getting uprated from 235hp to 275hp? Think that just maybe there's a connection there?

[payableondeath6]

dang...where are you guys finding all these deals on PSD's...heck i around here i can't even touch one for $15k...if i could find one for $11.5k i'd take it. sounds like a good truck.

-Edit- Just read it was a CC...sheesh...that sounds awesome :jealous:

[benco57]

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Keep in mind that my truck is stock. No chip. No programmer. No power adders. No oversized wheels & tires. It's stock.

Increase your power output beyond stock, and all bets are off. You've just changed the input into the equation. In a transmission, increasing the power input could very well push clutches, etc. over their limits in certain situations, and durability will suffer accordingly. Add in the extra load from the big wheels and tires -- which have more inertia and also change the final gearing and thus increase (in this case) the load factor on the transmission -- and the situation is even worse in that respect.

Gooch, low-speed airflow is always an issue. It's one reason I've suggested the use of a pusher electric fan for folks who do a lot of what you describe: loaded, low-speed running on hills or in sand, etc.

Has anyone ever figured out that the change in the trans cooling situation from Ford very nearly coincided with the engine getting uprated from 235hp to 275hp? Think that just maybe there's a connection there?

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Jim, YOU THE MAN! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif[/img] I always look forward to your pearls of wisdom. Your posts always enforce my belief that my PSD was a wise purchase.